Application Security Contracts in England

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Application Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Application Security over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 274 358
Rank change year-on-year -55 +84 -3
Contract jobs citing Application Security 208 464 514
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.96% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.06% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 340 379
10th Percentile £475 £495 £425
25th Percentile £540 £540 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £622 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +8.33% +0.84%
75th Percentile £750 £800 £688
90th Percentile £815 £838 £805
UK median daily rate £614 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -1.84% +4.17% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £66.25 £77.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.96% +258.14%
UK median hourly rate - £66.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +32.50% +62.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Application Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in England

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in England.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in England

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in England

Application Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Security in England.

Hourly rate trend for Application Security in England

Application Security
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -54 131 £600 -14.29% 44
North of England +18 30 £625 +3.14% 22
South East +11 26 £513 -26.79% 21
Yorkshire +23 15 £622 +8.17% 8
North West +7 13 £663 +9.41% 11
South West +13 8 £600 -7.69% 6
Midlands -22 8 £650 +9.24% 8
West Midlands -10 7 £650 +9.24% 7
North East +6 2 £625 -26.23% 3
East Midlands +11 1 £567 -6.44% 1
East of England +4 1 - - 5
Application Security
UK

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.92%) Confluence
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.48%) nginx
4 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (28.37%) AWS
2 56 (26.92%) Azure
3 31 (14.90%) GCP
4 19 (9.13%) SaaS
5 17 (8.17%) Serverless
6 13 (6.25%) PaaS
7 12 (5.77%) AWS CloudFormation
7 12 (5.77%) IaaS
8 10 (4.81%) GitHub
8 10 (4.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (3.85%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.40%) Azure API Management
11 5 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.40%) Azure Functions
11 5 (2.40%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (2.40%) CloudFront
12 4 (1.92%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.94%) Firewall
2 22 (10.58%) Network Security
3 13 (6.25%) DNS
4 11 (5.29%) HTTPS
5 9 (4.33%) VPN
6 6 (2.88%) BIG-IP
6 6 (2.88%) Wireless
7 5 (2.40%) DHCP
7 5 (2.40%) HTTP
7 5 (2.40%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.40%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.40%) WAN
8 4 (1.92%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (1.92%) Internet
8 4 (1.92%) IPv4
9 3 (1.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.44%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (1.44%) SSL
10 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.29%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.88%) MySQL
3 5 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.92%) Metadata
5 3 (1.44%) Data Vault
5 3 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.96%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.48%) DB2
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (5.77%) Sonatype Nexus
2 10 (4.81%) JIRA
3 8 (3.85%) Burp Suite
3 8 (3.85%) GitLab
3 8 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.85%) Robot Framework
4 6 (2.88%) Git
4 6 (2.88%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.92%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (1.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.44%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.44%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.96%) Appium
7 2 (0.96%) git-flow
7 2 (0.96%) XCTest
7 2 (0.96%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.48%) rollup.js
8 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.48%) Subversion
8 1 (0.48%) webpack
General
1 60 (28.85%) Finance
2 37 (17.79%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.02%) Banking
4 21 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.81%) Retail
6 8 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.88%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.88%) Front Office
7 6 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.88%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.92%) Legal
9 2 (0.96%) Automotive
9 2 (0.96%) Publishing
10 1 (0.48%) Back Office
10 1 (0.48%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (34.62%) Architect
2 58 (27.88%) Security Architect
3 30 (14.42%) Security Engineer
4 23 (11.06%) Consultant
4 23 (11.06%) Security Consultant
5 21 (10.10%) Applications Engineer
6 18 (8.65%) Applications Architect
7 17 (8.17%) Senior
8 14 (6.73%) Analyst
9 13 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
11 10 (4.81%) Senior Architect
11 10 (4.81%) Senior Security Architect
12 9 (4.33%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (4.33%) Penetration Tester
12 9 (4.33%) Tester
13 8 (3.85%) Cloud Security Architect
13 8 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 8 (3.85%) Security Manager
14 7 (3.37%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.29%) OAuth
2 9 (4.33%) SailPoint
3 8 (3.85%) SAML
4 7 (3.37%) JSON
5 6 (2.88%) .NET
5 6 (2.88%) CSS
5 6 (2.88%) OpenID
5 6 (2.88%) XML
6 5 (2.40%) ARM Templates
6 5 (2.40%) HTML
6 5 (2.40%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.40%) REST
7 4 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.92%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (1.92%) HTML5
7 4 (1.92%) RESTful
7 4 (1.92%) YAML
8 3 (1.44%) Kafka
8 3 (1.44%) SOAP
8 3 (1.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.58%) Mobile App
2 16 (7.69%) PKI
3 14 (6.73%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.25%) IoT
5 12 (5.77%) Security Posture
6 10 (4.81%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.37%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.88%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.40%) Hedge funds
9 5 (2.40%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.44%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.44%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 1 (0.48%) FMCG
13 1 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.48%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 32 (15.38%) Windows
2 20 (9.62%) Linux
3 13 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (3.85%) Unix
6 4 (1.92%) CentOS
6 4 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.96%) Android
7 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (28.85%) Cloud Security
3 59 (28.37%) CI/CD
4 51 (24.52%) DevSecOps
5 49 (23.56%) Information Security
6 48 (23.08%) Agile
7 46 (22.12%) DevOps
8 45 (21.63%) Security Testing
9 43 (20.67%) Static Application Security Testing
10 41 (19.71%) Identity Access Management
11 39 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
12 37 (17.79%) Security Architecture
13 35 (16.83%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
13 35 (16.83%) Vulnerability Management
14 33 (15.87%) SDLC
15 30 (14.42%) Penetration Testing
16 29 (13.94%) Infrastructure as Code
17 28 (13.46%) Deployment Automation
18 26 (12.50%) OWASP
19 25 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.31%) Python
2 29 (13.94%) PowerShell
3 16 (7.69%) C++
4 12 (5.77%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.81%) Java
5 10 (4.81%) SQL
6 8 (3.85%) Bash
7 7 (3.37%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.88%) C#
9 5 (2.40%) PHP
10 4 (1.92%) C
10 4 (1.92%) Go
10 4 (1.92%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.92%) VBScript
11 3 (1.44%) ActionScript
11 3 (1.44%) Perl
12 2 (0.96%) Ruby
12 2 (0.96%) Swift
13 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (10.58%) CISSP
1 22 (10.58%) Security Cleared
2 19 (9.13%) CISM
3 18 (8.65%) Degree
4 16 (7.69%) CISA
5 14 (6.73%) SC Cleared
6 13 (6.25%) AWS Certification
7 9 (4.33%) CEH
7 9 (4.33%) GIAC
7 9 (4.33%) OSCP
8 8 (3.85%) CREST Certified
9 7 (3.37%) GPEN
9 7 (3.37%) ISACA
9 7 (3.37%) Master's Degree
9 7 (3.37%) MBA
10 5 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.40%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.96%) GCIA
11 2 (0.96%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (18.75%) NIST
2 13 (6.25%) QA
3 11 (5.29%) GDPR
3 11 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.81%) COBIT
5 8 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (3.37%) RMADS
7 4 (1.92%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.48%) GLBA
10 1 (0.48%) GRC
10 1 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.48%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.48%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.48%) NCSC
10 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (11.06%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.25%) Docker
3 8 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (14.42%) Terraform
2 22 (10.58%) Ansible
3 11 (5.29%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.85%) Puppet
5 4 (1.92%) Grafana
5 4 (1.92%) Progress Chef
5 4 (1.92%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.44%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (1.44%) Kibana
6 3 (1.44%) logstash
6 3 (1.44%) Nessus
6 3 (1.44%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 2 (0.96%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.96%) SCCM
7 2 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.48%) CASB
8 1 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.48%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.48%) Graylog
8 1 (0.48%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 24 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.81%) F5
2 10 (4.81%) Splunk
3 9 (4.33%) CyberArk
3 9 (4.33%) VMware
4 8 (3.85%) BeyondTrust
4 8 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.37%) Cisco
6 6 (2.88%) SAP
6 6 (2.88%) Veracode
7 5 (2.40%) Checkmarx
7 5 (2.40%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.92%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.92%) Juniper
8 4 (1.92%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.92%) Qualys
9 3 (1.44%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.44%) Refinitiv
9 3 (1.44%) Unisys
10 2 (0.96%) CrowdStrike